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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:36 pm 
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(illuvitar @ May 31 2007,13:34)
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However it doesn't come with the ablative shielding that apparently protects it during the drop.

and why would the T-hawk need shielding for reentry ? our primitive spaceships only need this because they enter the atmosphere at near orbital speeds, which they do because they haven't got the fuel to slow down.
o.k. sorry i know that nobody on this thread really cares about the real rocket science behind the thunderhawk, i just can't help myself. :)

It's not that we don't care about real science. GW doesn't care about real science.  :D

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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:39 pm 
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I thought the 12 stands are internal ... but it would make some sense that they be inside the Rhinos.  But I wouldn't want to do that, personally ... :D

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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:45 pm 
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Cool. Tempted to but one now, as I've been tempting to build one from scratch for it to carry my blood angel Baal predator and Dreadnought.

Looking at the 40K model, it uses grapplng arms to hold the vehicles, so no reason for it not able to hold these.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:44 am 
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(illuvitar @ May 31 2007,13:34)
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and why would the T-hawk need shielding for reentry ? our primitive spaceships only need this because they enter the atmosphere at near orbital speeds, which they do because they haven't got the fuel to slow down.
o.k. sorry i know that nobody on this thread really cares about the real rocket science behind the thunderhawk, i just can't help myself. :)

Who says the Thunderhawks are much more advanced than our "primitive spaceships"? I completely believe that they'd need heat shielding.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:13 am 
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(Hena @ May 31 2007,21:38)
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However it doesn't come with the ablative shielding that apparently protects it during the drop.

and why would the T-hawk need shielding for reentry ? our primitive spaceships only need this because they enter the atmosphere at near orbital speeds, which they do because they haven't got the fuel to slow down.
o.k. sorry i know that nobody on this thread really cares about the real rocket science behind the thunderhawk, i just can't help myself.

It's not that we don't care about real science. GW doesn't care about real science.

What do you mean. Windshield wipers on a spacecraft is perfectly normal :D.

Ha!  This reminds me of a programme I once watched about Star Trek TNG.  The script writers are always getting asked stuff like 'How do the Enterprise's Inertial Dampeners work?'

To which they said they reply 'They work very well, thank you'

:laugh: :D

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:58 am 
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Well even if the landing craft don't need shielding I reckon those rhino/pred/raiders clamped to the outside sure do (and I think this was the shielding envisaged making it far wider).

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:19 am 
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(Hena @ May 31 2007,20:41)
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Not really. How the heck does the Landing Craft store all 12 stands?

They sit in the rhinos?

And in case of LC carrying Bikes and Predators?

:)

I'm sure they have Thunderbird 2 style interchangeable containers.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:41 pm 
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so just out of interest is the FW landraider twice the size of the SG one ? and could anyone put any comparison pics of them up

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(firestorm40k @ Jun. 01 2007,06:13)
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Ha! ?This reminds me of a programme I once watched about Star Trek TNG. ?The script writers are always getting asked stuff like 'How do the Enterprise's Inertial Dampeners work?'

To which they said they reply 'They work very well, thank you'

:laugh: :D

Not wanted to derail this thread, but the B5 creators were often asked how fast the ships travel, to which their reply is that the travel at the 'speed of plot'.  :D

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:47 pm 
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To fluffhammer it, Thunderhawks would need shielding because they would want to do maximum-speed planetfalls in order to minimize the time that enemy AA has to shoot them down.

Thus, shielding.

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